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WITESSL' UNITED STATES- PATENT OFFICE,

EDWARD LOW BYRON, OF COMPTON, QUEBEC, CANADA.

VEGETABLEgCUTTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent 'N0. 283,466, dated August 21, 1883.

f Appumcmifued June 6,1383. (nmiei.) l

.To all whom, t iii-,ay concern:

Bc it known that l, EDWARD Low BYRON, a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, residing at Compton, in the county of Compton, in the Province of Quebec, Dominion of Canada, have invented a new and usefuljVegetable- Cutter, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to' the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to machines for chopping or cutting roots, the object being to provide a machine of this character adapted to be operated by foot-power, thus allowing the operator the free use of bothhands for the feeding and manipulation of the roots being out.

A further object ofthe invention is to provide the machine with cutting-knives of improved construction. y l

'lhe invention consists in the features of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter fully described,.and pointed out in the claims.

ln the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a machine constructed in accordance with my improvement. Figs. 2 and are detail views illustrating the cutting-knives and their securing devices.

A represents the frame ofthe machine,supporting an inclined trough or hopper, B.

The standards C C ofthe frame are formed on their inner sides with grooves or guideways c @,within which moves the cutter-frame D, the lower cross-bar of the latter beingv extended laterally to form a treadle, E, projecting through an elongated slot, e, formed in the lower end of the adjacent standard C.

The lower end of the cutter-frameD is formed with two depending lugs, f f, adapted to receive the end of one arm of a bifu-rcated spring, F, the other arm of said springbeing secured at one end in a slot, f', of the lower cross-bar of the frame A, while the opposite end of said arm is secured by a loop-catch, f, at the rear end of the'frame. Y

G representsV a cross-bar secured to the rear side of the standards C O of the frame,beneath the trough B. rlhis cross-bar is `recessed to form, in conjunction with a metallic plate, H, secured between the standards C C, a discharge passage, h. The metallic plate H is vertically slotted, as shown, to form a series of ej ect-ors, I.

.T represents a plate or cross-bar secured between the sides ofthe cutter-frame D,near the upper end of the latter, and having its' upper edge formed with a series of vertical slots, i, adapted to receive the forward ends of horizontally-arranged U-shaped cutters K, said cutters being secured within the slots 1T by means of' a metallic 1strap or plate, L, which fit-s within the slots 'Z ot' said cutters, and is removably secured to the upper edge of the jlate J b a screw. j or otherwise.

M M represent blocks secured to the rear.

trough until they abut against the rear crossbar, J, of the vibrating cutter-frame D,when, by depressing the said frame D by means of' the treadle E, the U-shaped knives cutinto the roots and become filled with sections thereof, whilev the spaces between said U-shaped knives are likewisel filled by means ofthe edged cross-platea, also cutting into the roots, when the further don-'nward movement ofthe vibrating frame causes the spaces filled with the see tions of rootscor vegetables to be occupied by the ejeotors i, which cause the said roots or vegetables to be discharged from the front of the machine over the cross-bar J, while the juice and fine particles pa, s through the passage i. ,s 1

It will be appa-rent that by the spring arrangement hercinbefore described for operating the vibrating cutter-frame the spring can be readily applied for operation without necessitating the employment of rigid retaining devices,

It will further be obvious that the machine IOO claini as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is f l. The combination, in a root-cutting 1nachine or its equivalent', of a trough, vertical gnideways,between which plays the fraine earrying the cntter-knives,and a treadle formed by an extension of the cutter-frame, substantially as set forth.

2. The Combination, in a root-cutting niaehine, of a trough or its equivalent, vertical gnideways, a fraine carrying the cutter-knives playing between said guideways, a trefadle for operating said cutter-frame, formed by an extension of the lower portion of said frame, and a bifurcated spring secured detaehably to the rear of .the frame, and having its two branch sections respectively retained by the lower part of the cutter-frame and base of the forward part ofthe machine, substantially as set forth.

3. The combination, in a root-cutting inachine, of a vibrating cutterfframe having a cross-bar notched to receive the ends of a series of U-shaped cutters, a cross-plate secured to the cntter-fra1ne and providedwith a cutting- 2 5 inner and outer sides of the,U-shaped cutters 3o when the cutter-frame is depressed, snbstanl tially vas set forth.

In testimony that I claiin the foregoing as iny own Ihavehe'reto aiixed my signature in presence of.' two witnesses. y

ED'VARD LOV BYRON.

fitnesseszV A. G. /LARK, G. H. F. PIERCE. 

